FC Caracal was a

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n professional

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club from

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, Olt County,

History

The club was founded in

Craiova Craiova (, also , ), is Romania's 6th Cities in Romania, largest city and capital of Dolj County, and situated near the east bank of the river Jiu River, Jiu in central Oltenia. It is a longstanding political center, and is located at approximatel ...

in 1949 under the name of Metalul Craiova. It had various names during its history (see below), but the name which made it famous was Electroputere Craiova. As Extensiv Craiova it played its last season in

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. In the middle of the 2003–04 season, Extensiv changed its name to FC Craiova, but with no connection to the

FC Craiova FC Craiova Football Club was founded in 1940 by the merging of two teams from Craiova and Dolj County: Craiu Craiovan Craiova and Rovine Griviţa Craiova. The newly created team qualified for Divizia A immediately, ranking ninth in the 1940–41 ...

that existed between 1940–1949. In 2004 the club was moved to

and renamed ''FC Caracal''. After years of poor management and bad decisions, in 2013 the club was dissolved.

Chronology of names

Honours

*Best finish 3rd 1991–92

Liga II The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 Liga II, 2006–07. It is currently Sponsor (commercial), sp ...

*Winners (2): 1990–91, 1998–99 *Runners-up (2): 1996–97, 1997–98

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C to Liga III before the start of the 2006–07 season. It was the first in this format (six series of 18 t ...

*Winners (3): 1967–68, 1984–85, 1989–90 *Runners-up (6): 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 2008–09,

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FC Caracal in Europe

Recent seasons

References

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